Heartless Playlist
This playlist captures the emotional and dramatic journey of Catherine from Marissa Meyer's Heartless, blending dark orchestral instrumentals with intimate vocal tracks. The late night mood with sparse arrangements reflects the tension between desire, duty, and the unfolding tragedy, while the contemporary fantasy vibe is underscored by a consistent, quiet, and immersive soundscape.
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37 songsBehind the Clouds
Erik Wøllo · Threshold Point
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Pale Vegan Hip Pain
Mogwai · The Bad Fire
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Sleeping Giant
Mastodon · Blood Mountain
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I Can Almost See You
Hammock · Raising Your Voice... Trying to Stop an Echo (Deluxe Edition)
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Nocturne No. 20 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. posth.
Frédéric Chopin · Pianorama - Collection of Film Music for Piano
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Reverie
Alpha Duke · Reverie
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Homecoming
Peter Broderick · Blank Grey Canvas Sky
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Tides of Serenity
Helios Relaxing Space · Ocean Serenade
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Silhouettes
loopgarden · Noiris
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Nightshade
SVDDEN DEATH · Nightshade
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Spellbound
Hedda Young · Spellbound
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Blood In The Cut
K.Flay · Every Where Is Some Where
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Open Window
Aurelian Juno · Open Window
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This Is The Thing
Fink · Distance and Time
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cold air
Sace · cold air
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Colder Heavens
Blanco White · Colder Heavens - EP
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Winter Song
Chris Rea · Auberge
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Mountains Crave
Anna von Hausswolff · Ceremony
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Myth
Beach House · Bloom
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Silence
Monocule · Monocule (Volume 2)
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Bury It
CHVRCHES · Every Open Eye
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Thinking of a Place
The War On Drugs · A Deeper Understanding
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Stay Alive - From "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" Soundtrack
José González · Stay Alive (From The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty)
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No One's Gonna Love You
Band of Horses · Cease To Begin
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Elephant Gun
Beirut · Artifacts
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Youth
Daughter · If You Leave
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The Night We Met
Lord Huron · Strange Trails
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Work Song
Hozier · Hozier
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Love is a Laserquest
Arctic Monkeys · Suck It and See
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To Build A Home
The Cinematic Orchestra · Ma Fleur
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I Follow Rivers
Lykke Li · Wounded Rhymes (Bonus Version)
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St Jude
Florence + The Machine · How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (Deluxe)
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Northern Sky
Nick Drake · Bryter Layter
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Young Lion
Vampire Weekend · Modern Vampires of the City
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Blue Ridge Mountains
Fleet Foxes · Fleet Foxes
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The Curse
Josh Ritter · So Runs The World Away
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